[pokerprincess500]

I am not naive. Nor do I think it was an unfair advantage. In a 250k tournament would you not try to be as advantageous as possible in your game? I don't care whetther it was 2k or 40k he had left, I would also be calling the tournament director over.
The ruling at my local npl venues is the same at every npl monthly, state and at the first fulltilt 500 played last year- if your hand is exposed out of turn at any point in the hand it is an instant muck-your hand is dead, whether or not you have a full house, quads, a royal flush I don't care, it's dead and the pot is awarded to the remaining player full stop. People who play in these tournaments should read the rules or set any queries they have straight before participating so that they do not make this unfortunate mistake. he played the right play and there is no need to call him derogatory names and labels. Put yourself in his position and be realistic- you would have done the egzact same thing he did.